Emma Ansah reports on Ontario Premier Doug Ford who is facing major backlash after slashing funding to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), claiming some students are abusing the system by using financial aid to buy luxury items like watches and cologne.

This sparked mass protests from students across Ontario, who say the cuts will make it even harder for low-income students to access higher education.

But the situation took an even more troubling turn when mainstream media platform CityNews began circulating a video of a Black content creator as the “example” of alleged fraud causing outrage online, with critics saying the creator is to blame as he is unfairly singled out and scapegoated.

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